Lots of, a lot of or Plenty of? - Language Learning Base

These are rather informal. There is not much difference between a lot of and lots of. They are both used mainly before singular uncountable and plural nouns, ... OpenMenuQuestionsbackRecentHot!MostvotesMostanswersNoselectedanswerNoupvotedanswerUnansweredNotesCommunityAskaquestionPostanoteRegisterLoginRememberQuestionsRecentHot!MostvotesMostanswersNoselectedanswerNoupvotedanswerUnansweredNotesCommunityAskaquestionPostanoteLotsof,alotoforPlentyof?EnglishSolvedWhat'sthedifferencebetweenlotsof,alotofandplentyof?WhenIhavetouseeachone?Pleaseloginorregistertoaddacomment.4Answers3votesBestanswerNestor500Hi!a)Lotsof:a.1.Itisusedbeforeanoun.a.2.Itisinformal.a.3.IisusedwithuncountableandpluralnounsThereislotsofwater(Uncountable,thereforetheverbissingular)Therearelotsofpeople(pluralnoun,thereforetheverbisplural)Thearelotsofcarsthere(plural,thereforetheverbisplural)TherearelotsofinterestingthingstodoinMadrid(plural.thereforeisusedtheplural)NOTICE:Theverbmustagreewiththesubject.b)Alotof:Itisjustmoreformalthan"lotsof".Itfollowsthesamerulesas"lotsof".ThereisalotofwaterTherearealotofpeopleTherearealotofcarsthereTherearealotofinterestingthingstodoinMadrid.Foranswers:Aretherealotofcarsthere?.Answer:Yes,alot.Also,youcananswer"Yes,lots",butitsoundsratherinformal.c)Plentyof=MorethanenoughThere'snoneedtohurry.We'vegotplentyoftime(morethanenough)Wehaveplentyofideas(morethanenough)Thereisplentyoffoodhere(morethanenough)Asyoucanseehere,itisusedwithuncountables,andpluralnouns.Pleaseloginorregistertoaddacomment.1voteLLuna170AlotofandlotsofTheseareratherinformal.Thereisnotmuchdifferencebetweenalotofandlotsof.Theyarebothusedmainlybeforesingularuncountableandpluralnouns,andbeforepronouns.Whenalotof/lotsofisusedbeforeapluralsubject,theverbisplural.Alotofmyfriendsliveabroad.Lotsoftimeisneededtolearnalanguage.PlentyofPlentyofmeans‘enoughandmore’.Itisusedbeforesingularuncountableandpluralnouns.Thereisplentyoftime.Plentyofshopsacceptcreditcards.Pleaseloginorregistertoaddacomment.0voteLilianSchröder380Thanks!Ithelpedmealot!Pleaseloginorregistertoaddacomment.0voteThankyouverymuchPleaseloginorregistertoaddacomment.Youranswer Yournametodisplay(optional):Emailmeatthisaddressifmyanswerisselectedorcommentedon:EmailmeifmyanswerisselectedorcommentedonPrivacy:Youremailaddresswillonlybeusedforsendingthesenotifications. Anti-spamverification:Toavoidthisverificationinfuture,pleaseloginorregister.ShareonTwitterShareonGoogle+ShareonFacebook RelatedquestionsWhenshouldIuse''Lots''and''alotof''??Andshouldiuseafeworfewwithplural??Aretherealotofpeopleoutsideonthestreetrightnow?Yes!Thereisoryes!thereare!why?Iwanttoknowwhichisthesubjectatthesentence,"therearealotofpeople"."Lot"or"people"Iwanttoknowwhichiscorrect:"thereisalotofpeople"or"therearealotofpeople"ThanksIneedtoknowwhichiscorrect,"thereisalotofpeople"or"therearealotofpeople",Thanks!LatestQuestionshalsaeed85askedPracticeEnglishWithMe01askedHowtowritetheTitleofLetter(informingone)?00ISAACMUTHURIaskedwheredocomefrom/woherkommenSie?00Mehdi.ALaskedsomeonetopracticeEnglish(mycurrentlevelisaroundB2)/orGerman(A2)?mywhatsappnumberis0021263374919700BahadoraskedEnglishExchangePartner00...LanguageLearningBase.com(short:llb.re)isanonlinecommunityforlearningforeignlanguages.Itrepresentsanopenknowledgebase.Everymembercanshareandgainknowledgeaboutanewlanguage.OurfacebookpageFollowusontwitterRSSfeed